Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients
Background: Patients who are diagnosed with alcohol-dependent syndrome (ADS) are shown to have neuropsychological deficits, especially executive function (EF) deficits. Among the EFs, decision-making is one such function which has consistently been shown to be impaired in people who are dependent on...
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| author | B N Roopesh Manoj K Sharma Saswatika Tripathy Vivek Benegal |
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| description | Background: Patients who are diagnosed with alcohol-dependent syndrome (ADS) are shown to have neuropsychological deficits, especially executive function (EF) deficits. Among the EFs, decision-making is one such function which has consistently been shown to be impaired in people who are dependent on alcohol, compared to controls. Decision-making in this population is usually assessed with gambling-type tasks. However, some of these tasks are ambiguous, work on chance factors, rarely match with real-life gambling situations, and/or involve nonconscious mechanisms. Materials and Methods: The current study compared 26 male patients with ADS (P-ADS) with equal number of their nonalcohol-dependent male siblings on sensation seeking and explicit gambling task (EGT). EGT is similar to the Iowa gambling task in administration, but varies from it as it involves a single outcome and provides unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback for the participants. Results and Conclusion: The results did not show any significant relationship between decision-making variables and sensation seeking. However, despite unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback, patients showed significantly poor decision-making as compared to the siblings of the P-ADS group. This study throws light on why people who are addicted to alcohol have difficulties in decision-making, despite knowing the adverse effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1097f9745bef4df8ac6fe7c106a8b0fd2022-12-22T03:22:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67480976-27952017-01-01261394410.4103/ipj.ipj_82_16Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patientsB N RoopeshManoj K SharmaSaswatika TripathyVivek BenegalBackground: Patients who are diagnosed with alcohol-dependent syndrome (ADS) are shown to have neuropsychological deficits, especially executive function (EF) deficits. Among the EFs, decision-making is one such function which has consistently been shown to be impaired in people who are dependent on alcohol, compared to controls. Decision-making in this population is usually assessed with gambling-type tasks. However, some of these tasks are ambiguous, work on chance factors, rarely match with real-life gambling situations, and/or involve nonconscious mechanisms. Materials and Methods: The current study compared 26 male patients with ADS (P-ADS) with equal number of their nonalcohol-dependent male siblings on sensation seeking and explicit gambling task (EGT). EGT is similar to the Iowa gambling task in administration, but varies from it as it involves a single outcome and provides unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback for the participants. Results and Conclusion: The results did not show any significant relationship between decision-making variables and sensation seeking. However, despite unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback, patients showed significantly poor decision-making as compared to the siblings of the P-ADS group. This study throws light on why people who are addicted to alcohol have difficulties in decision-making, despite knowing the adverse effects.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2017;volume=26;issue=1;spage=39;epage=44;aulast=RoopeshAlcohol-dependent syndromeexplicit gambling taskgambling paradigmsiblings of alcohol dependents |
| spellingShingle | B N Roopesh Manoj K Sharma Saswatika Tripathy Vivek Benegal Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients Industrial Psychiatry Journal Alcohol-dependent syndrome explicit gambling task gambling paradigm siblings of alcohol dependents |
| title | Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients |
| title_full | Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients |
| title_fullStr | Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients |
| title_short | Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients |
| title_sort | failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision making task in alcohol dependent patients |
| topic | Alcohol-dependent syndrome explicit gambling task gambling paradigm siblings of alcohol dependents |
| url | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2017;volume=26;issue=1;spage=39;epage=44;aulast=Roopesh |
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